Lucent Technologies and Jordan Grand Prix Form Technological Relationship

13 March 2000

Lucent Technologies and Jordan Grand Prix Form Technological Relationship

    MURRAY HILL, N.J.--March 10, 2000--Lucent Technologies has entered into a three-year agreement to be the global innovation partner of Jordan Grand Prix, one of the top three teams on the Formula One automobile racing circuit.
    Scientists from Bell Labs, Lucent's research and development arm, are working with Jordan's technical staff to improve car-to-pit communications. It is extremely noisy inside a racing car, as the 800-horsepower engine running just behind the driver's head produces a roar that is 10,000 times the level of normal conversation. Bell Labs acoustic engineers are providing advanced noise-cancellation technology to allow drivers to communicate more clearly with pit crews. Lucent will also help to establish state-of-the-art wireless links between the car and the pit, and provide a communications backbone for the Jordan Grand Prix headquarters in Silverstone, U.K.
    "We are looking forward to some important technological innovations that could impact the sport of racing for years to come," said Eddie Jordan, chief executive of Jordan Grand Prix.
    "Jordan Grand Prix takes technology and R&D as seriously as we do at Bell Labs," said Pete de Tagyos, Lucent's global events vice president. "Hopefully, our technological expertise will help Jordan win the Formula One world championship."
    Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Labs, its research and development arm, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. With more than 30,000 employees located in 25 countries and with a budget of more than US $4 billion, Bell Labs is the largest R&D organization in the world dedicated to communications. For more information on Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs, visit the company's Web site at http://www.lucent.com or the Bell Labs Web site at http://www.bell-labs.com.